Myofascial Release: Another Update

I had the opportunity to work on a person that has asthma for the purposes of helping him breath better. He doesn't have to use his inhaler every day, and he's not on any steroids or other medication. He does, however, get into something from time to time that really sets him off.

His attacks are controlled by inhaler so that they don't worsen, but it still takes him a few hours to regain his breath and feel like he can do anything. In the meantime he tries to be still and just breath.

I brought him into the office the other day to see how the new techniques I learned in March worked for releasing the rib cage. Most of my clients don't come to me with complaints such as this--it's not something I've thought to promote or really educate people about--so I wanted to really play for a few hours.

The protocol I learned from the instructor and that we worked on all weekend for 18 hours was based on myofascial release, my new favorite technique since last year. (More classes in June and August--yay!) And while it is meant to be done over a series of session, this particular asthma suffer (being my husband, Jay) was pretty patient and enjoyed every minute of it.

After we were done he took some deep deep breaths and let them out slowly. He was impressed. "I didn't realize that I had been having trouble breathing," he said.

"Do you think you were having trouble?"

"I can breath so much better now. It's really amazing."

Jay was impressed. It was great to see that massive rib cage move in and out while he took deep belly breaths without straining to do so. Like he said, neither of us thought he had problems breathing before, but that after picture made us both realize how much breathing wasn't getting done.

I will likely be marketing this treatment to athletes, asthma sufferers, and others who either have problems breathing or who can get great benefit and performance improvment from breathing more easily. If you have any questions, please give me a call. 941-321-5311